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WOAH National Focal Points for Wildlife – 6th Cycle Regional Training Workshop for Europe

27 – 29 June 2023, Warsaw Poland

MEETING VENUE and ACCOMMODATION

Airport Hotel Okecie
ul. Komitetu Obrony Robotników 24
02-148 Warszawa

Transfer from the airport to the hotel

Please use the shuttle services provided by the hotel =====>

 

Provisional programme

DAY 1: 27 June 2023
08:00 – 09:00 Registration and welcoming of participants Local hosts
Session 1: Opening

Chair: Dr Tomasz Grudnik

09:00 – 09:20 Opening remarks Krzysztof Jazdzewski (WOAH Delegate of Poland)

Estelle Hamelin WOAH (Sub-Regional Representative in Brussels)

09:20 – 09:30 Introduction, objectives of the workshop and ToRs of the Focal Points Dr Dharmaveer Shetty, Preparedness and Resilience Department, WOAH headquarters
09:30 – 10:00 Icebreaker Exercise: Interactive Icebreaker Strategy Game to enhance the value of the Wildlife Focal Point in the WOAH Framework All
10:00 – 10:10 Group photograph All
10:10 – 10:30 Coffee break
Session 2: Wildlife disease management – the basics

Chair: Dr Estelle Hamelin

10:30 – 11:00 Wildlife Health Activities at WOAH Dr Dharmaveer Shetty, Wildlife Networks Coordinator, Preparedness and Resilience Department, Paris, WOAH HQ
11:00 – 11:45 General principles of disease management and control in wildlife Dr Thierry Work, USGS National Wildlife Health Center (WOAH Collaborating Centre)
11:45 – 12:30  Best practices in disease management, control in wildlife Dr Daniel Walsh, USGS National Wildlife Health Center (WOAH Collaborating Centre)
12:30 – 12:45 Introduction to One Health – A FAO Virtual Learning Center (VLC) course Dr Dora Kovacs (FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia)

 

12:45 – 13:45 Lunch
Session 3: Wildlife disease management – Communication Best practices and challenges

Chair: Dr Tomasz Grudnik

13:45 – 14:45 Presentation of combining indigenous and scientific knowledge approach Dr Matilde Tomaselli (TBC)
14:45 – 15:15 Discussion/Q&A
15:15 – 15:45 Coffee break
15:45 – 17:00 Managing disease events in wildlife focus on communication

(5 Presentations chosen by 5 selected FPs from the region)

Focal Points for Wildlife (Albania, Belgium Israel, Norway)
17:00 – 17:30 Discussion/Q&A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DAY 2: 28th June 2023
Session 4: Wildlife disease management – best practices

Chair: Dr Estelle Hamelin

09:00 – 09:30 Best practices in disease management, control in wildlife: case study on systems thinking for managing wildlife health Dr Thierry Work, USGS National Wildlife Health Center (WOAH Collaborating Centre)
09:30 – 09:50 Root causes / drivers of disease and how to manage them

(Presentation from the Region: topic to be chosen by host country if interest in presenting their experience on wildlife disease management – best practices)

Presentation by Poland
09:50 – 10:10 Root causes / drivers of disease and how to manage them

·         Respiratory disease in North American bighorn sheep

Dr Daniel Walsh, USGS National Wildlife Health Center (WOAH Collaborating Centre)
10:10 – 10:30 Discussion/Q&A
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:00 Group exercise: best practices in disease management and control in wildlife- Identifying socio-economic drivers Dr Thierry Work and Dr Daniel Walsh, USGS NWHC (WOAH Collaborating Centre)
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 18:00 FIELD VISIT (TBC)

 

DAY 3: (29th June 2023)
09:00 – 09:30 Debrief from the field visit yesterday Dr Thierry Work and Dr Daniel Walsh, USGS National Wildlife Health Center (WOAH Collaborating Centre)
Session 5: Wildlife disease management – from theory to action

Chair: Dr Dharmaveer Shetty

09:30 – 10:30 Tabletop exercise (4 groups):

Applying systems thinking to understand the root causes/drivers of challenges facing wildlife health and affect meaningful change

Dr Daniel Walsh and Thierry Work, USGS National Wildlife Health Center (WOAH Collaborating Centre)
Facilitators: TBC
10:30 – 10:50 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:00 Discussion (4 groups): Lessons learned from previous wildlife disease outbreak/event responses TBC Dr Daniel Walsh, USGS National Wildlife Health Center (WOAH Collaborating Centre)
12:00 – 12:45 Lunch
12:45 – 14:00 Exercise: Network building and communication WOAH
14:00 – 15:15 Group exercise: The EBO-SURSY game “ALERT” WOAH
15:15 – 15:30 Closing Ceremony and Certificate Distribution WOAH Regional Representative and D. Shetty
15:30 – 15:45 Coffee break